Alli wins gold, Cosme silver and four U.S. women get bronze at Klippan Lady Open

KLIPPAN, Sweden – Led by a team of young talents, the United States won six medals in the Senior division at the Klippan Lady Open, led by individual champion Alexandria Alli (72 kg).

Alli split her two matches on Friday, losing to Elvira Ersson of Sweden, 12-4, then pinning Faith Telford of Canada in 3:59. This placed her second in Pool A, which qualified her for the semifinals.

On Sunday, Alli won two close matches, beating Lilly Schneider of Germany, 2-1 in the semifinals, then edging Jennifer Rosler of Germany, 5-4 in the finals.

Alli is a member of USA Wrestling’s Elite Accelerator Program (EAP), where they train at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Claiming a silver medal at 62 kg was 2022 U20 World Team member SaVannah Cosme, after dropping a 10-0 technical fall to 2024 Olympian Johanna Lindborg of Sweden in the finals. Cosme won all three of her bouts on Friday, with a pin and two decisions.

Four U.S. wrestlers won bronze medals, Everest Leydecker (53 kg), Carissa Qureshi (55 kg), Hannah Errthum (62 kg) and Destiny Rodriguez (68 kg).

Leydecker, who wrestled in the 2023 U17 World Championships and also qualified for the 2024 U17 World World Team, scored an impressive 5-1 victory over World bronze medalist Katarzyna Krawczyk of Poland in her bronze-medal bout.

Qureshi, an EAP athlete, stopped Sara Rantonen of Finland, 11-7 in the bronze-medal round.

Errthum scored a pin in her bronze-medal bout, putting away Naemi Leistner of Germany in 5:40.

Rodriguez, a 2022 U20 World Team member and 2018 U15 Pan American champion, defeated Wilma Hoffman of Sweden, 8-2, to claim the bronze medal.

Two U.S. wrestlers placed fifth after dropping bronze-medal bouts, high school wrestlers Amelia Murphy (50 kg) and Skylar Slade (65 kg).

The United States placed fourth as a team with 15 points, behind champion Canada with 22 points, runner-up Germany with 21 points and third-place Sweden with 20 points.

KLIPPAN LADY OPEN

At Klippan, Sweden, Feb. 15-16

Senior Medalists

50 kg

Gold - Katie Dutchak (Canada)

Silver - Agata Walerzak (Poland)

Bronze - Amanda Tomczyk (Poland)

Bronze - Kelyn Young (Canada)

53 kg

Gold - Serena Di Benedetto (Canada)

Silver - Anastasia Blayvas (Germany)

Bronze - Ami Olsson (Sweden)

Bronze - Everest Leydecker (USA)

55 kg

Gold - Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada)

Silver - Amory Olivia Andrich (Germany)

Bronze - Jutta Ala-Ranta (Finland)

Bronze - Carissa Qureshi (USA)

57 kg

Gold - Laurence Beauregard (Canada)

Silver - Felicitas Domajeva (Norway)

Bronze - Jenna Hemiä (Finland)

Bronze - Evelina Hulthen (Sweden)

59 kg

Gold - Amelia Samuelsson (Sweden)

Silver - Frida Christiansen (Danish Wrestling NKC/DEN)

Bronze - Luna Rothenberger (Sachsen/GER)

Bronze - Tilda Näslund (Gällivare SK/SWE)

62 kg

Gold - Johanna Lindborg (Sweden)

Silver - Savannah Cosme (USA)

Bronze - Natalia Kubaty (Poland)

Bronze - Hannah Errthum (USA)

65 kg

Gold - Aleah Nickel (Canada)

Silver - Mirijam Hansen (Norway)

Bronze - Cassidy Richter (Germany)

Bronze - Saga Svensson (Sweden)

68 kg

Gold - Tindra Sjöberg (Sweden)

Silver - Gerda Barth (Germany)

Bronze - Sophia Schäfle (Germany)

Bronze - Destiny Rodriguez (USA)

72 kg

Gold -    Alexandria Alli (USA)

Silver - Jennifer Rösler (Germany)

Bronze - Elvira Ersson (Sweden)

76 kg

Gold - Laura Kühn (Germany)

Silver - Alva Lehnberg (Arboga AK/SWE)

U.S. Senior women’s performances

50 kg - Avery Steldt, Blue River, Wis. (Combat W.C. School of Wrestling), 13^th place

LOSS Yi Hui Lin (Taipei), tech fall 10-0

50 kg - Amelia Murphy, Valparaiso, Ind. (Wyoming Seminary WC), 5^th place

WIN Daniella Tar Hossein Beky (Norway), pin 2:25

WIN Yu Hui Lin (Taipei), 10-9

LOSS Agata Walerzak (Poland), tech fall 12-0

LOSS Amanda Tomczyk (Poland), 5-0

53 kg - Everest Leydecker, Phoenix, Ariz. (Thorobred WC/Valiant Prep), bronze medal

WIN Ciao Yun Li (Taipei), tech fall 10-0

LOSS Anastasia Blayvas (Germany), 11-9

WIN Katarzyna Krawczyk (Poland), 5-1

55 kg - Carissa Qureshi, Irvine, Calif. (Elite Accelerator Program), bronze medal

WIN Susan Larsen (Sweden), pin 1:59

LOSS Carla Godinez Gonzalez, tech fall 10-0

WIN Sara Rantonen (Finland), 11-7

57 kg – Bella Williams, Cleveland, Tenn., 8^th place

LOSS Tindra Dalmyr (Sweden), pin 2:36

62 kg - Hannah Errthum, Mount Horeb, Wis. (Combat W.C. School of Wrestling), bronze medal

WIN Anne Nurnberger (Germany), 5-3

WIN Luisa Scheel (Germany), 11-5

LOSS Johanna Lindborg (Sweden), tech fall 12-1

WIN Naemi Leistner (Germany), pin 5:40

62 kg - SaVannah Cosme, Denver, Colo. (Atreus WC), silver medal

WIN Eyleen Sewina (Germany), pin 4:04

WIN Ella Doornaert (Canada), 6-5

WIN Natalia Kubaty (Poland), 8-1

LOSS Johanna Lindborg (Sweden), 10-0

65 kg - Skylar Slade, Altoona, Iowa (Moen Wrestling Academy), 5^th place

WIN Patrizia Bahn (Germany), pin 1:47

WIN Selma Nord (Sweden), pin 1:25

LOSS Mirijam Hansen (Norway), pin 4:27

LOSS Cassidy Richter (Germany), 5-4

68 kg - Destiny Rodriguez, West Linn, Ore. (Army WCAP/Bearcat WC), bronze medal

WIN Melina Samsonsen (Norway), pin 2:14

WIN Sheng Fang Cai (Taipei), pin 0:23

LOSS Gerda Bath (Germany), pin 1:37

WIN Wilma Hoffman (Sweden), 8-2

68 kg - Gretchen Donally, Ballantine, Montana (Colorado Mesa WC), 14^th place

LOSS Sophia Schafle (Germany), tech fall 10-0

72 kg - Alexandra Alli, Ashley, Ohio (Elite Accelerator Program), gold medal

LOSS Elvira Ersson (Sweden), 12-4

WIN Faith Telford (Canada), pin 3:59

WIN Lilly Schneider (Germany), 2-1

WIN Jennifer Rosler (Germany), 5-4

Senior Team results

1. Canada, 22

2. Germany, 21

3. Sweden, 20

4. USA, 15

5. Poland, 7                                      

6. Norway, 6

7. Finland, 4

8. Danish Wrestling NKC/DEN, 3

8. Arboga AK/SWE, 3

10. Sachsen/GER, 2

10. Gällivare SK/SWE, 2  

(of 38 nations and clubs)